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Yemen news items 1998 (Oct-Nov)

 

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DateSourceHeadline
01-Oct-98 AP Suspect in bombing confesses to links to Osama (624)
01-Oct-98 AP US: Countries qualified for visa lottery (261)
01-Oct-98 RTN No US flour sales to Yemen without EEP-US attache. (1596)
02-Oct-98 AP Iraq, Iraqi arrested in Yemen for allegedly publishing banned book (80)
02-Oct-98 BBC Joint Iraqi-Yemeni committee meetings begin in Baghdad (286)
02-Oct-98 BBC Libya's Qadhafi comments on trial of Lockerbie suspects, (2609)
02-Oct-98 AP British woman injured in gliding accident (118)
03-Oct-98 RTN WHO calls for Med countries to douse smoking. (428)
03-Oct-98 RTN Yemen executes man for murder - newspaper. (124)
03-Oct-98 AP Yemen executes man for murder (114)
03-Oct-98 RTN Yemen jails Iraqi for book insulting Islamic leaders. (181)
04-Oct-98 BBC Iraqi vice-president receives visiting Yemeni trade minister (233)
04-Oct-98 RTN Italy to query Egyptians, Yemeni on Bin Laden-ANSA. (177)
04-Oct-98 BBC Sudan: Yemen pledges support against "American aggression" (222)
04-Oct-98 BBC President phones Syria's Asad, pledges support "in all (163)
04-Oct-98 BBC President Salih urges religious scholars to counter " (270)
04-Oct-98 RTN World Bank tells Yemen to axe half of state jobs. (340)
04-Oct-98 AFM Yemeni men hang onto their symbol of virility (679)
05-Oct-98 RTN ISRAEL: Palestinians blame Israel for prisoner death. (423)
05-Oct-98 AP Three men suspected of ties to Osama bin Laden questioned (176)
05-Oct-98 AP Lebanon, Turkey: Lebanon denies sheltering Kurdish rebels, backs Syria (410)
05-Oct-98 BBC Syrian president receives solidarity calls from Sudanese, (280)
05-Oct-98 AFM Tribal protection costs double for foreign oil firms in Yemen (710)
05-Oct-98 RTN UK: Euro Products Outlook - mixed, gasoline supported. (889)
05-Oct-98 RTN Yemen takes over Marib refinery from Hunt Oil. (322)
06-Oct-98 RTN S Asian, Mideast port throughput to double by 2005. (387)
06-Oct-98 BBC Iraq, Yemen sign minutes on economic cooperation (185)
06-Oct-98 AP Iraq names new ambassadors to Turkey, Morocco, Yemen (218)
06-Oct-98 AP Israel: Palestinians accuse Israel in death of Yemenite prisoner (201)
06-Oct-98 RTN NORWAY: DNO becomes operator of Yemen oil block. (277)
06-Oct-98 RTN Amnesty International targets US penal system. (780)
06-Oct-98 RTN Yemen Islamist party urges end to economic reform. (234)
07-Oct-98 AP Taliban ready to try Bin Laden for Khobar if Saudis want (351)
07-Oct-98 BBC Cabinet expresses support for Syria in Turkish dispute (174)
08-Oct-98 AP Germany: Prosecutors want 10 years prison for woman accused of aiding terrorists (409)
08-Oct-98 RTN IRAQ: Iraq buys food from impoverished Yemen - paper. (276)
08-Oct-98 RTN SINGAPORE: TABLE - Yemen official crude price history. (245)
08-Oct-98 AFM Yemen walks political tightrope with economic reforms (788)
08-Oct-98 AP Four executed in Yemen for murder (213)
08-Oct-98 RTN Yemen executes two men for murdering woman. (181)
08-Oct-98 RTN Yemen Islamist party elects women to leading body. (229)
08-Oct-98 RTN Yemeni kills two men in dispute over Dollars 37. (205)
08-Oct-98 RTN Yemeni kills two men in dispute over Dollars 37. (212)
09-Oct-98 BBC Eritrea accepts ruling on disputed islands in favour of Yemen (227)
09-Oct-98 BBC Eritrean official comments on court ruling on island dispute with Yemen (382)
09-Oct-98 BBC International panel rules for Yemen in island dispute with Eritrea (458)
09-Oct-98 RTN NETHERLANDS: Arbitration court splits Eritrea, Yemen ruling. (221)
09-Oct-98 RTN NETHERLANDS: FOCUS-Arbitrators split Yemen, Eritrea ruling. (338)
09-Oct-98 RTN NETHERLANDS: Text of arbitration Yemen, Eritrea ruling. (487)
09-Oct-98 AFM Panel delivers judgment on disputed Red Sea islands (292)
09-Oct-98 AP Precede SAN'A Yemen wins island dispute with Eritrea in international arbitration AP Photo ASM101 (440)
10-Oct-98 AFM Eritrea accepts arbitration panel's ruling in favour of Yemen (335)
10-Oct-98 RTN Yemen envoy pleased with Red Sea island ruling. (322)
10-Oct-98 RTN Saudi congratulates Yemen over islands ruling. (322)
11-Oct-98 AP Arab League praises Yemen, Eritrea for resorting to tribunal (191)
11-Oct-98 AP More than 100 dead of malaria in Yemen (150)
12-Oct-98 BBC Eritrean president congratulates Yemen on Hanish islands arbitration ruling (319)
12-Oct-98 IHT This Week's Holidays (92)
12-Oct-98 AP Vatican, Yemen forge ties (56)
12-Oct-98 RTN Yemen, Eritrea turn new page after islands ruling. (231)
12-Oct-98 RTN Yemen, Vatican establish diplomatic ties. (173)
13-Oct-98 RTN Eritrea, Yemen to boost ties after island ruling. (375)
13-Oct-98 RTN LEBANON: Japan firms in Middle East, N Africa turbine plan. (381)
13-Oct-98 AP Eritrea, Yemen strengthen ties after resolution of island dispute (385)
13-Oct-98 RTN Yemen foreign minister heads to Eritrea. (187)
14-Oct-98 BBC Syrian, Yemeni officialS discuss bilateral cooperation (184)
14-Oct-98 AP Yemen executes convicted murderer (134)
14-Oct-98 RTN Yemen executes man two days after he kills doctor. (222)
14-Oct-98 RTN Yemeni officer wounded in donkey bomb blast (193)
14-Oct-98 BBC Yemeni TV: Eritrea's Afewerki says arbitration accord heralds " new stage" (273)
15-Oct-98 AFM Eritreans withdrawing from islands awarded to French commander (236)
15-Oct-98 AFM Virginia executes murderer after governor denies stay (270)
15-Oct-98 AP Malaria outbreak in Yemen kills more than 110 (170)
15-Oct-98 AP Protective repeat Yemen executes man for murder of father in front of his children (210)
15-Oct-98 BBC Yemeni security director accuses "separatists" for two bomb blasts in Aden (145)
16-Oct-98 BBC Foreign minister holds talks with Eritrean delegation (355)
17-Oct-98 BBC Eritrean minister in talks with Somali leader in Yemen (205)
17-Oct-98 BBC Yemen, Eritrea sign agreement on cooperation "in all fields" (372)
17-Oct-98 BBC President Salih, visiting US commander discuss military cooperation (275)
17-Oct-98 BBC Yemeni: Military units conduct tactical exercises (181)
18-Oct-98 BBC Saudi King Fahd receives message from Yemeni president (170)
18-Oct-98 AFM Three condemned to death in Yemen for sabotage (212)
18-Oct-98 RTN Three Yemenis get death for forming armed group. (165)
18-Oct-98 RTN Yemen Central Bank lifts bank deposit rates. (196)
18-Oct-98 AP Yemeni court sentences three to death for bombings (189)
19-Oct-98 BBC Egypt's Musa on Wye Plantation talks, Egypt's role, Turkey- Syria dispute (421)
19-Oct-98 BBC Syria's Khaddam reportedly criticizes defence minister for Jordan remarks (273)
19-Oct-98 RTN UK: Order for Ukrainian sugar seen in freight market. (346)
19-Oct-98 AP Yemen executes convicted murderer (130)
19-Oct-98 RTN Yemeni man executed for murder - newspaper. (77)
20-Oct-98 RTN CanOxy suffers loss from lower oil prices, output. (586)
20-Oct-98 RTN EU to open Bangladesh and Ethiopia food aid tender. (231)
20-Oct-98 AP US, US praises moves toward peace (178)
20-Oct-98 AFM Yemen awaits Abdallah's rise to power for Saudi border deal (771)
21-Oct-98 RTN SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa diversifying crude oil supply sources. (403)
21-Oct-98 RTN Occidental Q3 net falls 75 percent. (455)
21-Oct-98 AP Court sentences Syrian to death for spying, bombings (412)
21-Oct-98 RTN Yemen sentences Spaniard to death for bombings. (245)
21-Oct-98 RTN Yemeni man executed for murder - newspaper. (129)
21-Oct-98 BBC Yemeni President receives US 5th Fleet commander (255)
22-Oct-98 AFM Fbl Asia (117)
22-Oct-98 RTN FRANCE: Saudis least tolerant of Christians - rights group. (237)
22-Oct-98 RTN LEBANON: Soccer-Asia Cup 2000 qualification groups announced. (150)
22-Oct-98 BBC South Africa: Oil companies come out against rapid deregulation (669)
22-Oct-98 RTN UK: Brent crude market stable as early Nov cargoes move. (989)
23-Oct-98 AP Asian Cup Draw List (95)
23-Oct-98 AP Results of Asian Football Cup tournament draw (117)
23-Oct-98 RTN UK: Britain mulls 'limited' diplomatic post closures. (249)
25-Oct-98 AFM Yemeni PM in Amman for talks with Jordanian leaders (183)
27-Oct-98 BBC Jordanian, Yemeni premiers sign various accords (218)
27-Oct-98 RTN Yemen Central Bank lifts bank deposits, rates. (276)
28-Oct-98 RTN TABLE - China's Jan-Sept crude oil buying. (191)
28-Oct-98 BBC Libya: Eritrean president and Qadhafi discuss African issues on phone (166)
28-Oct-98 IHT The CIA Tries Open Diplomacy (761)
28-Oct-98 AFM Two Austrian tourists kidnapped in Yemen (215)
28-Oct-98 RTN UK: Dirty tanker fixtures/enquiries. (301)
28-Oct-98 RTN Austrian couple kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen. (210)
28-Oct-98 RTN CanOxy signs memo for Yemen oil blocks. (198)
29-Oct-98 RTN Couple kidnapped in Yemen are Belgian, not Austrian. (179)
29-Oct-98 BBC Austrian couple reportedly abducted in Yemen (101)
29-Oct-98 RTN Dubai trade grows despite others' woes. (481)
29-Oct-98 AFM Jordan approves selling a third of cement company to French Lafarge (298)
29-Oct-98 AFM Kidnappers free two Belgian tourists in official (178)
29-Oct-98 AFM Yemen announces release of kidnapped Belgian tourists (487)
29-Oct-98 BBC Belgian couple released by kidnappers (181)
29-Oct-98 BBC Two kidnapped tourists are Belgian (128)
29-Oct-98 AP Yemeni tribesmen release two Belgians (300)
30-Oct-98 AP Egypt, Eritrea to return Greater Hanish island to Yemen on Sunday (276)
30-Oct-98 AP US: Source: Former Army sergeant charged with joining terror campaign (405)
30-Oct-98 RTN Ex-Green Beret linked to bin Laden - New York Times. (312)
30-Oct-98 RTN Ex-US soldier linked to Bin Laden - NY Times. (630)
30-Oct-98 AFM Yemeni foreign minister arrives in Egypt for three-day visit (215)
31-Oct-98 BBC Yemeni foreign minister says Arab, African issues to be discussed in Cairo visit (613)
31-Oct-98 IHT Ex-Green Beret Charged as Part of Bin Laden Terror Network (882)
01-Nov-98 BBC Eritrea hands over Hanish islands to Yemen (229)
01-Nov-98 AFM In search of the elusive Arabian leopard (697)
01-Nov-98 RTN IRAQ: Oil-for-food trade fair opens in Baghdad. (308)
01-Nov-98 AP Disputed island reverts to Yemeni control (228)
01-Nov-98 RTN Eritrea hands over Hanish island to Yemen. (300)
01-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni minister discusses relations with Eritrea with Arab League chief in Cairo (158)
02-Nov-98 RTN FRANCE: France to hold November flour aid tender for Yemen. (109)
02-Nov-98 BBC Kuwaiti foreign minister blames Iraq for latest dispute with UN (345)
02-Nov-98 RTN FOB Gulf Grain - Corn mostly steady to weaker. (439)
02-Nov-98 RTN Yemeni bomb expert killed defusing explosives. (186)
02-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni foreign minister arrives in Syria (296)
03-Nov-98 AP Israel: Yemeni president urges Arabs to renew economic boycott of Israel (215)
03-Nov-98 BBC Jordanian foreign minister, Yemeni counterpart discuss bilateral relations (300)
03-Nov-98 RTN KUWAIT: Kuwait hopes to restore ties with Gulf War foes. (332)
03-Nov-98 AP Malaria kills more than 270 in Yemen (191)
03-Nov-98 RTN Nine Yemenis die in two related car crashes. (126)
03-Nov-98 RTN Nine Yemenis die in two related car crashes. (133)
03-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president praise ties with Eritrea, Saudi Arabia (525)
04-Nov-98 RTN Yemen-Saudi talks could take decades - speaker. (245)
04-Nov-98 BBC Eritrea: President Isayas blames Ethiopia for blocking any peaceful solution (1909)
04-Nov-98 BBC Eritrean president begins visit to Yemen (410)
04-Nov-98 AFM Eritrean president makes first Yemen visit since Hanish deal (253)
04-Nov-98 RTN IRAQ: Thousands of Arabs stage protest against embargo. (237)
04-Nov-98 RTN KUWAIT: Laden did not mastermind American deaths in Saudi. (437)
04-Nov-98 BBC Russia welcomes settlement of territorial dispute between Eritrea and Yemen (190)
04-Nov-98 AP US: Record reward offered for capture of terror suspect bin Laden (579)
04-Nov-98 RTN Eritrean president in first Yemen visit since row. (361)
04-Nov-98 AP Eritrean President in Yemen following end to island dispute (301)
04-Nov-98 AP Saudis offer arbitration in border dispute with Yemen (126)
04-Nov-98 RTN Yemen plans to privatise some airports, harbours. (213)
05-Nov-98 RTN Bin Laden is world's most wanted man. (689)
05-Nov-98 BBC Iraq: Ramadan demands "clear position" from Security Council on lifting embargo (284)
05-Nov-98 AFM US indicts Osama bin Laden for embassy bombing, terrorism conspiracy (482)
05-Nov-98 AP US: Record reward offered for capture of Osama bin Laden (741)
05-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni and Eritrean leaders hold first round of talks (279)
05-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president, Eritrean counterpart discuss cooperation (157)
06-Nov-98 RTN China to cut Q4 imports of Iranian crude by 80 pct. (372)
06-Nov-98 RTN China's dependence on Mideast oil seen rising. (339)
06-Nov-98 BBC Eritrean, Yemeni presidents discuss bilateral, regional issues (239)
06-Nov-98 RTN FRANCE: EU sets new date for Yemen wheat flour aid tender. (129)
06-Nov-98 BBC Saudi interior minister interviewed on Arab security issues, Yemen ties (529)
06-Nov-98 RTN Yemen, Eritrea back safety of Red Sea shipping. (241)
06-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni, Eritrean presidents conclude talks in Aden; Afewerki leaves (487)
07-Nov-98 BBC Eritrean president requests Yemeni mediation in dispute with Sudan (117)
07-Nov-98 BBC Eritrean president says Eritrean, Sudanese ministers to meet in Qatar (259)
07-Nov-98 BBC Saudi Arabia not against arbitration with Yemen, Prince Abdullah says (258)
07-Nov-98 RTN SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi says not against arbitration in Yemen row. (235)
07-Nov-98 BBC Saudi envoy conveys king's message to Yemeni president (302)
07-Nov-98 BBC Saudi newspaper comments on interior minister's interview with Kuwaiti paper (1003)
07-Nov-98 AP US: CIA's No. 2 official says Bin Laden could strike at US (453)
07-Nov-98 RTN Yemen signs Dollars 5.2 mln deal with Alcatel . (176)
08-Nov-98 BBC Islamic Jihad "terrorist" recruited in Turkey, trained in Iran - Israeli radio (457)
08-Nov-98 BBC Saudi crown prince, Yemeni leader discuss "Arab, Islamic" developments on phone (114)
08-Nov-98 BBC President Salih, Saudi crown prince discuss border issues on phone (113)
08-Nov-98 RTN World Bank, Yemen in loan deal for projects. (187)
09-Nov-98 AP Bulgaria: Soros says United States opposes international cooperation (285)
09-Nov-98 BBC China's Ningxia region expands trade ties with Arab countries (248)
09-Nov-98 BBC Iran: Cement exported to Arab, African countries (168)
09-Nov-98 RTN US exporters in the dark on Yemen wheat tender. (225)
09-Nov-98 RTN Yemeni man executed for murder - agency. (95)
10-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president, Saudi governor discuss border issues (397)
10-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni, Saudi governors discuss bilateral cooperation (156)
11-Nov-98 BBC Ethiopia: Radio says Ethiopians starving in Assab (204)
11-Nov-98 AP Yemeni Cabinet approves budget with dlrs 411 million deficit (148)
11-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni cabinet approves 1999 deficit budget (136)
12-Nov-98 BBC Ethiopia: Premier meets visiting Yemeni foreign minister (121)
13-Nov-98 IHT Cautiously, US Forges New Ties With Algeria (669)
13-Nov-98 BBC Iraq: Saddam receives cables of support against US "threats" (239)
16-Nov-98 AP Germany: German woman sentenced to 5 years for abetting 1977 airplane hijacking to Mogadishu (576)
16-Nov-98 RTN UK: Yemenia adds weekly ex-Paris to Sanaa flight. (267)
16-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni interior minister receives message from Saudi counterpart (105)
17-Nov-98 RTN UK: Fixture - 10,000 T wheatflour Italy/Yemen. (91)
17-Nov-98 RTN UK: Vosper sees new orders fuelling profit growth. (679)
18-Nov-98 RTN Djibouti cuts diplomatic ties with Eritrea. (336)
18-Nov-98 RTN FRANCE: Yemen believed to have bought optional white wheat. (163)
18-Nov-98 BBC Libya: Qadhafi interviewed on pro-African policy, Arab "defeatism" (2832)
18-Nov-98 RTN CanOxy signs oil deals on four Yemen blocks. (165)
19-Nov-98 IHT Letters to the Editor: Arabs Ought to Unite (154)
19-Nov-98 RTN Yemen says arbitration only solution to Saudi row. (258)
19-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni special units trained by US Special Forces (191)
20-Nov-98 BBC Eritrea: President accepts Yemeni mediation in dispute with Ethiopia (289)
20-Nov-98 BBC Ethiopia: Yemeni premier reportedly supporting OAU peace proposal (373)
20-Nov-98 RTN FOCUS-Occidental to cut 500 more jobs to weather weak oil prices. (575)
20-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni foreign minister begins visit to Eritrea (196)
21-Nov-98 IHT Arms Experts Detail Saddam's Network of Supply and Evasion (724)
22-Nov-98 RTN Blast damages Marib oil pipeline in Yemen. (222)
22-Nov-98 AP Three men drown in a well in Yemen as they try to remove dead cat (157)
22-Nov-98 AP Tribesmen blow up Yemen oil pipeline (249)
23-Nov-98 BBC Saudi interior minister leaves for Yemen with message for president (126)
23-Nov-98 BBC Yemen seeks enhanced economic ties with China (214)
23-Nov-98 AP Saudi Interior Minister in Yemen to restart border talks (278)
23-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president, Saudi interior minister hold talks in Aden (318)
24-Nov-98 AFM Iraq names new UN ambassador, other diplomats (381)
24-Nov-98 AFM Iraq names new UN ambassador, other diplomats (828)
24-Nov-98 AP Jordan: Conference urges tough penalties for honor crime, domestic violence (386)
24-Nov-98 RTN SAUDI ARABIA: PRESS DIGEST - Saudi Arabia - Nov 24. (161)
24-Nov-98 BBC Saudi interior minister comments on work of border committees (357)
24-Nov-98 AFM Three dead, four injured in car bomb blast in Yemen (375)
24-Nov-98 AFM Yemen, Saudi Arabia agree to reactivate border accord (326)
24-Nov-98 BBC Bomb explodes in front of German embassy killing two, injuring three (167)
24-Nov-98 AP Car bomb kills three outside German embassy in Yemen (318)
24-Nov-98 AP Saudi Arabia, Yemen reach agreements on easing tensions (277)
24-Nov-98 BBC Three people killed, 4 others wounded in San'a car bomb blast (177)
24-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president holds round of talks with Saudi interior minister (162)
24-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni president, Saudi minister stress need to prevent mutually hostile acts (318)
25-Nov-98 BBC Saudi, Yemeni interior ministers comment on visit, border talks, ties (1296)
25-Nov-98 BBC Saudi, Yemeni interior ministers comment on visit, border talks, ties (1296)
25-Nov-98 BBC Saudi interior minister dismisses arbitration, departs (990)
25-Nov-98 AP Yemen tribesmen force stoppage of US oil drilling work (257)
25-Nov-98 AP Yemeni tribal chief accuses Saudis of trying to kill him (338)
25-Nov-98 BBC Yemeni tribal chief says Saudi Arabia behind San'a bombing - Qatari TV (466)
26-Nov-98 AP Opponents of war crimes tribunal can help determine its rules (319)
27-Nov-98 IHT Arts Guide (932)
28-Nov-98 BBC Iranian firms sign contracts worth 10m dollars with Yemeni traders (181)
28-Nov-98 AP Four people killed by land mine in southern Yemen (119)
28-Nov-98 RTN Landmine kills four family members in Yemen. (169)
30-Nov-98 AP Germany, German experts arrive in Yemen for bombing investigation (184)
30-Nov-98 RTN OMAN: New Middle East shipping hubs challenge Gulf ports. (795)
30-Nov-98 BBC Saudi Arabia: King Fahd chairs cabinet meeting, electricity sector privatized (781)
30-Nov-98 IHT Travel Update: This Week's Holidays (80)
     

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